154

Discovery of Greenland, A. D. 876 155, 156

Eric the Red, and his colony in Greenland,
A. D. 986 157-161

Voyage of Bjarni Herjulfsson 162

Conversion of the Northmen to Christianity 163

Leif Ericsson's voyage, A. D. 1000; Helluland and
Markland 164

Leif's winter in Vinland 165, 166

Voyages of Thorvald and Thorstein 167

Thorfinn Karlsefni, and his unsuccessful attempt to
found a colony in Vinland, A. D. 1007-10 167-169

Freydis, and her evil deeds in Vinland, 1011-12 170, 171

Voyage into Baffin's Bay, 1135 172

Description of a Viking ship discovered at Sandefiord,
in Norway 173-175

To what extent the climate of Greenland may have
changed within the last thousand years 176, 177

With the Northmen once in Greenland, the discovery
of the American continent was inevitable 178

Ear-marks of truth in the Icelandic narratives 179, 180

Northern limit of the vine 181

Length of the winter day 182

Indian corn 182, 183

Winter weather in Vinland 184

Vinland was probably situated somewhere between Cape Breton
and Point Judith 185

Further ear-marks of truth; savages and barbarians of the
lower status were unknown to mediaeval Europeans 185, 186

The natives of Vinland as described in the Icelandic
narratives 187-193

Meaning of the epithet "Skraelings" 188, 189

Personal appearance of the Skraelings 189

The Skraelings of Vinland were Indians,--very likely
Algonquins 190

The "balista" or "demon's head" 191, 192

The story of the "uniped"